Apparatus for treating fruit.



APPARATUS FOR TREATING FRUIT.

APPLICATION TILED APR=11.1913.

Patented Jan, 19, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 1.

wirt-ncooao A. J. NYE.

APPARATUS FOR TREATING FRUIT.

APPLICATION FILED APBH'I 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

avwmdoz air is drawn. from; a heater in by a tamv m and ries it back tothe front vtiwv it forced into the mains j and thence into the chargedupon. deiivwy em-riem: Wil'tuii MM drier upon the trzt'veiing androtating fruit. to the sizere. This mimeeement m i i In the heater is isa steam eoii 0'4, supplied. use of :1 drier ztmvroxiniziioiv hit" :11;tom:

0 ith Steam from the beiier o 01' other source. m; would othtwe" bereqi'tivecit Emit time n; The air entering the heater 7': is etmospherieof" the appol'atu ei'iown in W i air and the pte we and tempm'uture ofThe bottom of the easel t'Z the steam in the eoii it may be reguhtetiEioor at, so that the (trier msmgr to suitthe ivtmiriity. i the airwhich not; into two compmtmeo in the my 1o upon the Wet fruit absorbsthe moietmre it which the upper or forwnr iiy m 2 becomes more or iessden'ip, mad, if the air tion (IF the carrier tlfzl m, were introdimed ator adjacent to the iniet while the imter o returning jwt'tiou of thedrier oniy, the air WOUiii crease in the lower oommitment. What w m indompiiess and decrease in ebeoiiptivity the fo'imer ease the tlottzjm oftho (i: n-

15 21s it passed to tile outiet. This is overcome closure is no M byintroclueing the dry air through the when the tit-i of the (2mm form webrzmeh pipes j at internals in the length may be prmitAd with e igilmiim? of the drier. 'llie IGS't'tii) is that n. 1 at 'tition z"simtiim: to the partition i): drying the fruit may be tween A gh j from.the timin j own at iMiHWziA 1m with n .ueeof Shorter iengtil than. thelower pru "out At the front; was

I others be possible. carrier of t e tIlliG'i ore-ii" H,

Inthe:tgpmotus shown in I" i .L, "f the cooetvnu. 1 shown in i the driedf it (it 95 direetiy not. inei'ead of i i113; the 'i'r'mt m of thetimar-ealviei upon the can iensiing to t we tieiivm: it to umiifro'rmtiiei'e it drops on the or wire v 7, l'ifiil'S 0' 6', lifli], by11 1) which Billi'ifj/ it to the 5' 1 m 9, y, Where it is guides 6 a L"t eir the in, sorted and. packed 01 shipment. between EilG twoportions; of time. (trier (amt-i i 'ier adjacent to the carriers f, f,on the surface of tile iowei' ce'ive the culls, or imperfect which itpied iieii'wemi 5U fruit, and. emery it otif to be iower compz tent ofthe d1 n Operators stand" M as jiected to the dry zti'l' iiltlfitiiifieuiie from the eemfiore branch "pip 7 N -31 to it 31 time uponthepitiiwxurier 3 above the i W f {m i -i; 111 3113 m rotating 1" u, w,:n'vrtrigtui :1 n w. 35 (hiking ti. u'l'iers, 3:0. I 111 as shown 1 4i:these net to [flit-iii rum li'tOiZO'l' a bolted to a counter eh ,i fruitfrom the el'irlzioe of the imwir by *zlbie beits ei'id puiieye '1, W Meii of' the Citifi'ifii' out upon the mm: 7 dirives the airipiaet; a,washer Z anti M11 in. a", 3' I .ioh it duiivem'i to Vim n 1 have sh wnthe carrier of the drier and. f f, wince deiivel' it to the SiIQPEH. inthis 41' the deiive (Ziti'liCFS driven. by :1 separatefll'ilflIiQOlHClif, I have -ilUWi'j one 111 tin litii\-- mo motor beitedto o 1,[)llll'ilOf-Silitfb s, which my carriers; 7' ext dingy; umwrhyeui "miiw vie beite and puiie s s and 3 drives Whiie the othertieiimwfe the I tiy but tin-oven. i p

the eel-um? of the time? an, the carriers f, 7. not (lire H i '5 ed bysuitable gears tel'mocimte ommmrs 7. n i e NH; i 'ioh. geared :ie at ifto fruit in this Fm-111 of ti :*i .-'['m 1": t11,, t 1! 1 carrier 7?and, connected this :Uf.l"2i11{2;fl11Hfhil oi 1 iii the (limited by theHFFOWE; n I one of the short ewe :iivery understood that whom the m TheAdjacent shafts of belts Single :fom'i without an inim'mm 61" are e51together at t so to travel tiom imt one :ioguimtiy new in oppositedirections, It to be underwould be laud. i. prefer .SiOGEi,iLUWWVBI tiI'jilB particularcharacter brushes for the porno. the driving connectionsFruit, because they will not iii-trim it 1M1 o5 invention, and that thevioussiy any nnguimiyo dlllfitf'jii mmiw' u mg tievio t i .'..m1ge(fi tosuit the placed in the same poeit; mil urm'uxagirt-il e i e of thebefitting, a1- eragemeut of the result. in this form oi 1M0 umm Itijlm J1mm". hme shown. the Cf)lili il i"57iiiiiii uemwimi ML of the f the i rof the fruit on the Hop-1:1: sm'-- the winner-shatt 25' which is eonm mtatrium In emzh i utiiixe ieit f with the heft of one ol' tower poxxtiooo. the one i. Hi Victim-ring it ."igimiettm we poi'tirm the ea.

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I w driven by fruit described herein front of the drier is acounter-shaft w driven through a suitable belt and pulleys w from theshaft .9. The brushes u, u, are driven through suitable gears from ashaft :1 bolt (.0 from the countershai 0. The carriers f and 7'respectively are driven by'suilable bolts 3 and from the shafts s and 2.The carrier 7* is driven by a belt w from the shaft '20. As has beenstated with regard to the apparatus shown in Fig. l the arrangement ofthe. driving devices and the delivery carriers inav be varied withoutailcctinn the invention. I do not claim the process of treating citrusor any part thereof separate from the apparatus, as the same terms thesubject matter of iny application S81. No. 828,757, lilcd April 1, 191%.

li'hat .l claim is asi'ollows':

l. in apparatus for treating fruit, the combination of a driercomprising an in closing casing and u ti-avolii'ig carrier passingthrough said casing, an elevator for lifting the fruit to the level ofthe traveling carrhsr inthe drier, and a traveling drip rack extendingbetween the top of the elevator and the traveling carrier.

2. In apparatus for treating fruit, the combination of a driercouiprisina an in closing casing and a traveling carrier passing throughsaid casing, a combined washin and elevating apparatus for washing thefruit and lifting: it to the level of the traveling carrier in thedrier, and a. traveling drip racl; extending between the top of thewashing and elevating apparatus and the traveling carrieix 3. Inapparatus for treating fruit, a drier consisting of an inclosing casingopen at its ends, a traveling carrier passing through said c s extendinglongiing, and a partition tudinr if, over the surface of said carrier toseparate the fruit on opposite sides thereof While passing through thedrier, and independent traveling carriers for receiving and conveyingthe fruit from the opposite sides of said partition when the fruit isdischarged from the drier. I

i. In apparatus for treating fruit, the combination of a drier eonsisiiu, of an inclosing casing open at its ends. an endless trai 'elingcarrier moving through said casing, and means consisting of travelingcarriers for transferring the fruit discharged from the upper surface ofthe upper portion of said carrier to the upper surface of the 7 lowerportion thereof.

5. ln apparatus for treating fruit, the combination of a drierconsisting of an in closing casing open at its ends, an endlesstraveling carrier moving through said casing, and means for transferringthe fruit discharged from the upper surface of the upper portion of saidcarrier the upper surfaceot the lower portion thereof, and

means adjacent to the front of said traveling carrier and above thelower portion thereof for expelling the fruit from said lower portion.

(3. In apparatus for tr ating fruit, the combination of a drierconsisting oi an inclosing casingopen at its ends, an endless travelingcarrier moving through said ing, means for transferring the fruit chargefrom the upper surface of the upper portion of said carrier to the uppersurface of the lower portion thereof, and means consisting of anangularly arranged barrier adjacent to the front of said travelingcarrier and above the lower portion thereof for eXpclling the fruit fromsaid.-

lower portion.

7.1m apparatus for treating ruit, the combination of a drier consistingof an inclosing casing open at its ends, an endless traveling carriermoving, through said cas ing, means for tltillSfml'llIlQ' the fruitdischarged from the upper surface of the upper portion of said carrierto the upper surface of the lower portion thereof, and means consistingof an angularly arranged rotating brush adjacent to the front ol saidtraveling carrier and above the lower por tion thereof for expelling thefruit from said lower portion. i

S. In apparatus for treating fruit, the ombination of a drier,consisting of an end less traveling carrier, and a casing open at bothends and entirely inclosing said carrier. an air pipe extendingalongsaid casing and branches leading from said air pipc into the casingat intervals in its length above both the upper and lower portions orthe endless carrier.

9. in apparatus for treating fruit, the combination of a drier,consisting of an end l(\S traveling carrier, and a casing open at bothends and entirely inclosing said carrier, an air pipe extending alongsaid cas iug and branches leading from said air pipe into the casing atintervals in its length above both'lhe upper and lower portions of theendless cai'ric an air heater, a steam coil in said heater and a funconnected with the heater for i'orcing dry air into s' id pipe.

10. In apparatus for treating it, the combination of a drier, consistingof an in closing casing divided by a horizontal partition into twocompartments, and an end less traveling carrier moving forward throughone coi'npartincnt and returning through the other, and means fortransfer-- ring the fruit discharged from the upper surface of the upperportion of said carrier to the upper surface of the lower portionthereof in the lower coinpi'irti'nent.

ll. In apparatus for treati' g it, the combination of a drier, consistiof an n closing casing divided by a horizontal tition into twocompartments, and an on hog through said casing, of a traveling drain21. In apparatus for treating fruit, the In testimeny of imam-i021, Ihave ccmblnatlon wlth a dmer compmsmg an m unto set. my hand. closmgcasmg and a travelmg earner passrack fqr conveying washed fruit to ihedriexi Witnesses; conslstmg of an endless travehn carrier C. B. fiosxsuzq, camposed of transverse rotating I'OIIGIS. A. E McDmum.

